Dhaka, Feb. 5 -- A Dhaka court has ordered the freezing of 52 bank accounts owned by former chairman of EXIM Bank Nazrul Islam Mazumder and his family members.

The Judge of the Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court in Dhaka, Md Zakir Hossain, passed the order on Monday after hearing a petition filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) seeking the necessary order, confirmed an official of the prosecution team.

The court ordered the freezing of bank accounts owned by Mazumder, his wife, daughter, son, and their companies.

Earlier on the day, ACC Deputy Director Md Salauddin, who leads the inquiry team, submitted an application in this regard.

ACC Public Prosecutor Mir Ahmed Ali Salam placed the petition in court on behalf of the...